Our People

Program Directors

Ann Chahroudi, MD, PhD   email
RF-3 Director

Emory University School of Medicine
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases
Associate Division Chief for Basic/Translational Research, Division of Infectious Diseases
Director, Center for Childhood Infections and Vaccines
Debbie Persaud, MD   email
RF-4 Director, RF-3

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases
Departments of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology and International Health
Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases
Chair, IMPAACT HIV Cure Scientific Committee

RF Directors and Associate Directors

Allison Agwu, MD   email
Community Program Leader

Johns Hopkins University

Professor and Principal Investigator for Johns Hopkins IMPAACT sites
Katherine Luzuriaga, MD   email
RF-1 Director

University of Massachusetts

Professor and Director, UMass Center for Clinical and Translational Science
Mark Cotton, MD, PhD   email
Community Program Leader, RF-1

Stellenbosch University

Director of Children's Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Unit
Mathias Lichterfeld, MD, PhD   email
RF-1 Associate Director, RF-3

Mass General Hospital

Associate Professor
Mauricio Martins, PhD   email
RF-2 Associate Director, RF-3

UF Scripps Biomedical Research

Associate Professor
Paolo Palma, MD, PhD   email
RF-3 Associate Director

Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù

Director of Immunology and Vaccine Clinic
Philip Goulder, MA FRCPCH DPhil FMedSci   email
RF-2 Director

University of Oxford

Professor of Immunology
Savita Pahwa, MD   email
RF-4 Associate Director, RF-1

University of Miami

Professor, Director of Miami Center for AIDS Research

Program Management Team

Clovis Sarmiento, MD   email

Emory University School of Medicine

NHP Program Manager
Eileen Martin   email

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Program Coordinator
Jessica Salzwedel   email

AVAC

Community Engagement Coordinator
Katrina Thaler, MPH   email

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

PAVE MDC Program Manager

Research Team

Adit (Tang) Dhummakupt, PhD   email
RF-4|

Johns Hopkins University

|Research Associate Faculty
Alison Hill, PhD, MPH   email
RF-4|

Johns Hopkins University

|Assistant Professor
Ann Hessell, PhD   email
RF-4|

Oregon Health & Science University

|Research Associate Professor
Avy Violari, MD   email
RF-1|

University of the Witwatersrand

|Head, Perinatal HIV Research Unit
Barbara Laughton, MD   email
RF- 1|

Stellenbosch University

|Investigator
Caroline Tiemessen, PhD   email
RF- 1|

University of Witwatersrand
National Institute of Communicable Diseases

|Research Professor
Elizabeth (Betsy) McFarland, MD   email
RF-4|

University of Colorado

|Professor
Francesco Simonetti, MBChB PhD   email
RF-4|

Johns Hopkins University

|Assistant Professor
Frederic Bushman, PhD   email
RF-4|

University of Pennsylvania

|Professor
Genevieve (Giny) Fouda, MD, PhD   email
RF-2|

Weill Cornell Medicine

|Professor of Pediatrics
Henrik Kløverpris, PhD   email
RF-2|

African Health Research Institute

|Faculty
Hongkai Ji, PhD   email
RF-4|

Johns Hopkins University

|Professor
James (Zach) Porterfield, MD, PhD   email
RF-2|

University of South Florida

|Assistant Professor
Janet Siliciano, PhD   email
RF-4|

Johns Hopkins University

|Professor of Medicine
Jeremy Smedley, DVM, MS   email
RF-2|

Oregon Health & Science University

|Professor
Jessica M. Conway, PhD   email

Pennsylvania State University

|Associate Professor
Jing Wen, PhD   email

University of California Los Angeles

|Assistant Professor
Lesley de Armas, PhD   email
RF-4|

University of Miami

|Research Assistant Professor
Mario Roederer, PhD   email
RF-3|

National Institutes of Health

|Chief, ImmunoTechnology Section
Maud Mavigner, PhD   email
RF-3|

Emory University

|Assistant Professor
Michael Farzan, PhD   email
RF-2, RF-3|

Boston Children's Hospital

|Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Nancy Haigwood, PhD   email
RF-2, RF-3, RF-4|

Oregon Health & Science University

|Professor and Director of Oregon National Primate Research Center
Nicola Cotugno, MD PhD   email
RF-3|

Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù

|Pediatric Immunologist
Ofer Levy, MD, PhD   email
RF-3, RF-4|

Boston Children's Hospital

|Director at Precision Vaccines Program
Omotayo Farinre, PhD   email
RF- 3|

Emory University

|Postdoctoral Fellow
Ria Goswami, PhD   email
RF- 2|

Weill Cornell Medical College

|Assistant Professor
Robert (Bob) Siliciano, MD, PhD   email
RF-4|

Johns Hopkins University

|Professor of Medicine
Roger Shapiro, MD   email
RF- 1|

Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health/Botswana-Harvard Partnership

|Associate Professor
Ryan McNamara, PhD   email
RF-4|

The Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard

|Director of the Systems Serology Laboratory
Sallie Permar, MD, PhD   email
RF-2|

Weill Cornell Medicine

|Nancy C. Paduano Professor and Chair Weill Cornell Medicine, Department of Pediatrics
Samantha Fry, MD   email
RF- 1|

Stellenbosch University/ FAMCRU

|Medical Officer
Shalena Naidoo, PhD   email
RF- 1|

Stellenbosch University

|Researcher
Shaun Barnabas, MBChB PhD   email
RF- 1|

Stellenbosch University / FAMCRU

|Deputy Director
Stuart Ray, MD   email
RF-4|

Johns Hopkins University

|Vice Chair of Medicine for Data Integrity & Analytics
Suresh Pallikkuth, PhD   email
RF- 1|

University of Miami

|Assistant Professor
Thumbi Ndung’u, PhD   email
RF-2|

University of KwaZulu-Natal

|Professor and Victor Daitz Chair in HIV/TB Research
Weiqiang Zhou, PhD   email
RF-4|

Johns Hopkins University

|Associate Scientist
Winston Timp, PhD   email
RF-4|

Johns Hopkins University

|Associate Professor

NIH Program Management Team

  • Eric Lorenzo, PhD  | NICHD | Program Officer

  • Jeymohan Joseph, PhD  | NIMH  | Program Officer

  • Judi A. Miller  | NIAID |  Scientific/Research Contact

  • Leia Novak, PhD  | NIAID  |  Program Officer

  • Patrick Jean-Philippe, MD  | NIAID  |  Chief, Maternal, Adolescent and Pediatric Research Branch

  • Pim Brouwers, PhD  | NIMH  | Deputy Director, Division of AIDS Research

  • Tania Lombo Rodriguez, PhD | NIAID |  Program Officer

  • Vasundhara Varthakavi, DVM, PhD  | NIDA  | Program Officer

Industry Partners

  • Greg Laird, PhD  |  Accelevir Diagnostics, LLC  |  Co-Founder

  • Heather Madsen, PhD  | ViiV Healthcare Limited |  Head of HIV Cure and Bioinformatics

  • Jay Evans, PhD | Inimmune Corp | President and CEO

  • Jeffrey Safrit, PhD  |  ImmunityBio, Inc  |  Senior Director, Infectious Diseases

  • Shannon Miller, PhD  |  Inimmune Corp  |  Immunology Lead

Scientific Advisory Board Members

  • Catherine Blish, MD PhD  |  Stanford University |  Professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases

  • Frank Maldarelli, MD PhD  |  NIH NCI CCR |  Head, Clinical Retrovirology Section

  • Koen Van Rompay, DVM PhD  |  UC Davis California National Primate Center |  Core Scientist

  • Tariro Makadzange, MD PhD  |  Charles River Medical Group, LLC |  CEO and Founder